The Prom is approaching quickly and tickets are now officially on sale. This year’s Prom is on Friday, May 12th which means you have exactly 21 school days to purchase your tickets !!!! Tickets are available from Mrs. Santomero in room # 201. If you are bringing an “outside” guest you will also need to obtain, and fill out, a “Guest […]
Category: Upper School
Crestwood performs at Chess Championship
Last week five top members of the Crestwood Chess Club travelled to St. Michael’s College for a marathon day of chess matches. The teams played four two-hour matches over the course of the day. Our team came into the tournament ranked 8th in our division, and our goal was to perform better than our ranking. […]
Guidance News
Community Service Hours Deadline A reminder to all Grade 12 students who have not yet handed in all their community service hours to get them into Ms. Hann as soon as possible. Students must have completed 40 hours of community service in order to graduate and receive their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. These must be […]
Crestwood in Tanzania
Jambo! This past March Break 24 Crestwood Students and 4 teachers traveled to Arusha Tanzania, in partnership with Me to We and Free the Children. Students and teachers spent 10 life-changing days in the Masaai Mara, learning about and working with the Masaai people of Engutukoiti. The week started with a Masaai warrior guided safari. […]
Parents’ Association News
April P.A. Meeting Please join us for coffee and conversation at our next meeting on Thursday, April 6 at 8:45 a.m. The meeting will be held in the boardroom near the main entrance. Everyone is welcome. […]
Crestwood Spring Menu Week 2
Come by and see what the lovely ladies at the Crestwood Cafe are cooking up this week! […]
Spring Sports
March/April showers bring May flowers and green fields to host the great spring sports lineup gearing up for this season’s activities. Most teams have held tryouts this week, and team lists will be posted next week. Softball and slowpitch tryouts begin in April on the following dates: U14 Boys Softball – Tuesday April 11th @ […]
Crestwood lends a hand to Church of the Redeemer
On Tuesday, March 29, a group of Senior Prefects travelled to Church of the Redeemer in downtown Toronto to participate in the church’s ‘Drop In Meal’ program. The students spent the morning helping with the preparation of meals, and sharing stories with members of the local community participating in the program. Students also learned about […]
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Crestwood Spring Menu Week 1
Come by and see what the lovely ladies at the Crestwood Cafe are cooking up this week! […]
Guidance News
Check out these information sessions about universities around the world and what options are open to you for post-secondary education. All About UBC is coming to Toronto! All About UBC is an event designed for high school students who are considering applying to UBC. UBC experts and current students will be on hand to […]
Reach for the Top makes semifinals
Crestwood’s interschool league Reach for the Top competition came to an end yesterday. The Gr 11-12 team made it to their semifinals, where they lost by 1 point to the host team O’Connor. Mr. Jull and Mr. Masters want to thank and congratulate Spencer Arshinoff, Navid Sarshar, and Robert McHale, along with graduating team members […]
Remembrance Day Poster/Poem Contest Winners
Each year Crestwood students enter the Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day Poster/Poem contest. This year, Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Masters are proud to announce that many students won certificates and cash for their efforts! They are: Ashleigh Lindayen Charlie Nogas Max Dolman Jennifer Wang Andy Yang Anthony Radford-Grant Zach Morris Yichen Zhang Armin Selzner (not […]
Crestwood Champions
Hockey Crestwood had the honour of hosting this year’s CISAA U-14 Hockey Championships. Having home ice advantage and a large fan base, the crowd at Fenside saw 2 fantastic games. In the Semi-Finals, CPC won a nail bitter over a strong De La Salle team, beating them 5-4 in overtime, with Cole Eichler scoring the […]
Mr. P Busts a Move
Spring Tryouts
The nice weather is approaching which means it is time for our Spring Athletics Season to get underway. Some sports have already begun indoor training, but most sports will begin as soon as we return from the March Break. Please check the bulletin board outside the PE office or the school website for tryout/practice dates. […]
Parents’ Association News
Crestwood parent volunteers make a big difference. In our “Meet the Volunteer” series, we’d like to introduce you to some of them. Meet June Ong Thanks to June, our Pizza Lunch program runs smoothly all year. June leads her own group of enthusiastic volunteers who serve pizza and snacks to our students on pizza days. […]
March Break Menu
Come and see what the ladies are cooking up this week at the Crestwood Cafe! […]
Crestwood is Becoming at 71st Sears Drama Festival
On Monday, February 27th, Crestwood Actors traveled to St. Basil-the-Great College School to participate in the 71st Sears Drama Festival. The festival celebrates student work in theatre with student acted, directed, and in our case written theatrical work. This year we performed “Becoming”, a play by Queena Li. It is about two major themes. The first […]
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Sing for Youth Mental Health
It is estimated that 10-20% of Canadian youth are affected by a mental illness or disorder, and only 1 out of 5 children who need mental health services receives them. On March 4th and 5th, Crestwood’s Jayden Posen will be singing and dancing, along with over 20 other talented teens aged 11-17, in a show called […]
Spirit-building at Playdium
On Tuesday, February 28, a group of nearly 60 grade 7 and 8 students traveled to Playdium for an evening of fun and excitement. The students were treated to a range of exciting competitions, including racing and flight simulations, table hockey challenges, basketball shooting competitions, and more. The night concluded with a delicious meal. It […]
Black History Month at Crestwood
This past Monday, February 27, Crestwood students welcomed Toronto poet/performer Amani to the Learning Commons for a Black History Month event. Amani led Crestwood students on her “Journey into Me” show, using rhymes, dance, spoken word, and song to tell her personal story of growth and identity. Following the assembly, Amani joined a small group […]
MP Yasmin Ratansi visits Crestwood
On Thursday, March 2, Crestwood students were privileged to meet MP Yasmin Ratansi, who represents the riding of Don Valley East. Ms. Ratansi spoke with Crestwood students who will be visiting Tanzania over the March Break, where they will take part in a Me to We construction project. Ms. Ratansi is a native of Tanzania, […]
Are you a Constant Checker?
Are you a Constant Checker? Our screening and Q&A of Screenagers earlier this year was an eye-opening event, and to keep the conversation going, their website hosts a regular blog titled Tech Talk Tuesdays. This week, their writers discuss the impact of “constant checking” of phones and social media accounts and its connection with anxiety. Read the […]
June Exam Schedule
The June 2017 exam schedule is ready and available for your reference. Click on the image below for a PDF of the schedule that you can print for your records. […]
Parents’ Association News
New Presidents Elected The Parents’ Association is happy to announce the election of our new Presidential team, Shannon Nevison and Heather Balter. Both Heather and Shannon have volunteered in different capacities and made significant contributions to support our school community during their time at Crestwood. They will provide excellent leadership to the P.A. Congratulations to […]
Guidance News
The cold weather is back, but hopefully you’re starting to think of warm days ahead and how you might want to spend your summer vacation. There are a couple of great fairs going on in Toronto this weekend to give you some ideas: Saturday March 4th Travel, Volunteer, Experiential Education and Gap Year Fair Royal […]
History students visit the Neuberger Holocaust Centre
On Thursday, Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Masters’ History 10 students visited the Neuberger Holocaust Centre, where they were able to visit world-renowned speaker Pinchas Gutter, who shared his story of survival. Pinchas recently participated in the Shoah Foundations’ New Dimensions in Testimony, where an interactive hologram of Pinchas was constructed, able to answer future students’ […]
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Bullying Awareness Week
What would you do if you saw a bank being robbed? Or a house on fire? Or a car go off the road? It might not be safe to rush into the scene, but you’d call 9-1-1, right? It’s like that when you see bullying. It might not feel safe to jump into the situation […]
March Break Basketball Camp
Basketball never sleeps at the Lion’s Den! Crestwood will be hosting basketball camps during both weeks of March Break, from March 13 -17, and March 20-23. The camps run from 9am-3pm. Email lions.baketball@crestwood.on.ca for more details, or visit store.crestwood.on.ca to register. […]
Crestwood Lions win big over UCC, Bayview Glen, De La Salle
It was a big week for the Crestwood Lions as the winter season comes to an end and playoffs begin. Take a look at some of the stellar results in this week’s matchups. Swimming The Varsity Swim Team had a fantastic meet at U of T this week. Best times were seen across all age […]
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